republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2022/hb-1479.md

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Bill	Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner; revise authority to inflict the death penalty.	Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner; revise authority to inflict the death penalty.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2022	HB 1479	Mississippi HB 1479 (2022)	bill	Judiciary B Judiciary Division B	enacted	Bain	5	19	4	2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00	2022-04-14T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/284bbd37-5e78-4111-bac8-6b91c0f682c8	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Bain.xml	4441f8fb91b2a535f41d71f5139109ab2c74a8b9704714c751906f2d3bc451e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 1479 (2022) — Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner; revise authority to inflict the death penalty.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1479 (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
5. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage as Amended — 38–14 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 40–12 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Report — 92–24 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 81–38 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bain — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary B referral-committee
• 2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2022-02-03T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2022-02-04T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2022-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Judiciary, Division B referral-committee
• 2022-03-01T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
• 2022-03-16T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Bain,Sanford,Miles
• 2022-03-21T05:00:00+00:00 Conferees Named Fillingane,England,DeBar
• 2022-03-25T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2022-03-25T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Filed
• 2022-03-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00 Conference Report Adopted
• 2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2022-04-14T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/284bbd37-5e78-4111-bac8-6b91c0f682c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).